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Bonn talks: CSOs want big polluters kicked out of climate policy

The demand to tackle conflict of interest within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has over the years been raised by...

Bonn talks: Fossil fuel industry fingered for delayed climate action

The fossil fuel industry has been active in lobbying for delays in global climate action as they stand to make enormous amounts of money...

Bonn talks: How businesses, cities take climate ambition to next level

Organisers of the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) taking place this September in San Francisco on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 provided new evidence of...

WHO report on polluted cities in India dire, says CSE

“The report by WHO is a warning about the serious and run-away pollution and public health emergency that confronts India today,” remarks Sunita Narain,...

7m people die every year from exposure to polluted air – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 said seven million people die every year from exposure to polluted air. According to a...

Chinese researchers identify two new leprosy gene variants

Chinese researchers have identified two new risk gene variants that are responsible for leprosy. The findings have been published in the American Journal of Human...

Researchers developing pill for breast cancer diagnosis

Researchers at the University of Michigan (UM) are developing a pill that makes tumours light up when exposed to infrared light, and the concept...

Bonn talks: Finance for climate action turning a taboo subject for rich countries

Africa continues to suffer enormous social and economic losses in billions of dollars as a result of climate change impacts. A vulnerable continent that is...

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World Malaria Day: UK supports Nigeria’s fight against malaria with £1bn

United Kingdom has contributed about £1 billion to the global fund against malaria and other diseases in Nigeria for...
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World Malaria Day: Over half of world at risk of mosquito-borne diseases

Scientists on Thursday, April 25, 2024, warned that by the end of the century more than half of the...

China continues to battle flood in Pearl River Basin

China’s Ministry of Water Resources is intensifying precautionary measures against flooding as heavy rain continues to lash southern China. The...

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World Malaria Day: UK supports Nigeria’s fight against malaria with £1bn

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World Malaria Day: Over half of world at risk of mosquito-borne diseases

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